Difficulties concerning Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in children and adolescents

Objective: to evaluate the knowledge on diabetes in children and adolescents and the difficulties regarding the disease. Methods: a quantitative study with 40 patients from 6 to 17 years older who were subjected on a questionnaire based on self-care behaviors proposed by the American Association of...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Rebouças Moreira, Samila Torquato Araújo Bandeira, Synara Cavalcante Lopes, Silvana Linhares de Carvalho, Francisca Diana da Silva Negreiros, Clarice da Silva Neves
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2016-10-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/6196
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author Tatiana Rebouças Moreira
Samila Torquato Araújo Bandeira
Synara Cavalcante Lopes
Silvana Linhares de Carvalho
Francisca Diana da Silva Negreiros
Clarice da Silva Neves
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Samila Torquato Araújo Bandeira
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description Objective: to evaluate the knowledge on diabetes in children and adolescents and the difficulties regarding the disease. Methods: a quantitative study with 40 patients from 6 to 17 years older who were subjected on a questionnaire based on self-care behaviors proposed by the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Results: the average age was 11.6 years with predominance of the female gender (57.5%), most attending grade school (80.0%), naming the parents as primary caregivers (72.5%). Regarding the knowledge about the disease, the item with the highest percentage of errors was about the pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus type 1. On the difficulties related to the treatment, food control and application of insulin had higher frequency. Conclusion: the study revealed a high percentage of correct answers among the participants, suggesting knowledge about the disease. Nevertheless, they reported food control and insulin therapy as the main difficulties related to treatment.
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spelling doaj-art-2dd25115b8f94692801420acb257cc502025-08-20T12:54:15ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832016-10-01175Difficulties concerning Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in children and adolescentsTatiana Rebouças MoreiraSamila Torquato Araújo BandeiraSynara Cavalcante LopesSilvana Linhares de CarvalhoFrancisca Diana da Silva NegreirosClarice da Silva Neves Objective: to evaluate the knowledge on diabetes in children and adolescents and the difficulties regarding the disease. Methods: a quantitative study with 40 patients from 6 to 17 years older who were subjected on a questionnaire based on self-care behaviors proposed by the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Results: the average age was 11.6 years with predominance of the female gender (57.5%), most attending grade school (80.0%), naming the parents as primary caregivers (72.5%). Regarding the knowledge about the disease, the item with the highest percentage of errors was about the pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus type 1. On the difficulties related to the treatment, food control and application of insulin had higher frequency. Conclusion: the study revealed a high percentage of correct answers among the participants, suggesting knowledge about the disease. Nevertheless, they reported food control and insulin therapy as the main difficulties related to treatment. https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/6196Diabetes MellitusType 1Medication AdherenceHealth Education.
spellingShingle Tatiana Rebouças Moreira
Samila Torquato Araújo Bandeira
Synara Cavalcante Lopes
Silvana Linhares de Carvalho
Francisca Diana da Silva Negreiros
Clarice da Silva Neves
Difficulties concerning Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in children and adolescents
Rev Rene
Diabetes Mellitus
Type 1
Medication Adherence
Health Education.
title Difficulties concerning Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in children and adolescents
title_full Difficulties concerning Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in children and adolescents
title_fullStr Difficulties concerning Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in children and adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Difficulties concerning Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in children and adolescents
title_short Difficulties concerning Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in children and adolescents
title_sort difficulties concerning diabetes mellitus type 1 in children and adolescents
topic Diabetes Mellitus
Type 1
Medication Adherence
Health Education.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/6196
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